Hamas
has called upon the Palestinian Authority to boycott talks with Apartheid
Israel. I agree.
I
consider myself a moderate, having called for the recognition of Israel as
early as 1980 during my college days. I
gave the Apartheid State of Israel every consideration but peace came to the
doorsteps but it has never entered the door.
Apartheid
Israel continues to delay any final status talks. It never wants to discuss the status of
Jerusalem, its borders and the right of return.
Why? Apartheid Israel delays peace because its internal politics does
not allow it to accept peace. Israel Is
controlled by its minority, by the apartheid settler mentality, by the ultra-orthodox
religious right wing fanatics. The
structure of Israel’s structure of government is that no one political party is
capable of garnishing a clear majority in the Apartheid Knesset. Therefore only coalition governments have
governed Apartheid Israel, leaving each governing party to be at the mercy of the
minority parties within the coalition.
With
this governmental structure, Apartheid Israel is incapable of wanting
peace! Therefore, negotiations with
Apartheid Israel are delusional.
Apartheid
Israel keeps demanding additional conditions upon the Palestinians that it
knows the Palestinians will not accept.
After numerous demands upon the Palestinians, Apartheid Israel now wants
the Palestinians to recognize it as a “Jewish State.” Additionally, Apartheid Israel wants to restart
negotiations without any preconditions.
It does not want to stop its illegal settlement building, does not want
to negotiate the status of Jerusalem and does not want to discuss its
borders. It wants to leave these issues
to final status talks that never materialize because it continues to put
obstacles to those talks.
With
this mentality, Apartheid Israel is incapable of wanting peace! Therefore, negotiations
with Apartheid Israel are delusional.
Additionally,
Apartheid Israel believes it can continue the status quo of its apartheid
policies without any consequences. Apartheid
Israel rules two peoples with different discriminatory laws—apartheid. Apartheid Israel builds by-pass roads for
Jews only—apartheid. Apartheid Israel
builds a separation wall—apartheid.
Apartheid Israel has created Palestinian enclaves and ghettos and
surrounded them with walls or electronic wired fences—apartheid. Apartheid Israel cannot sustain these
apartheid practices for long.
There are many
indications that exposing the Apartheid State of Israel will be effective to
change the status quo. The boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement is
taking hold. One good example is the bankruptcy
of Agrexco, Apartheid Israel’s leading flower exporter, which was targeted for
boycott by more than 20 organizations in Europe in 13 countries. The Methodist
Church had passed an “anti-Israel” motion demanding a boycott of goods from
“illegal” settlements. Pension funds are divesting from companies that do
business with Apartheid Israeli settlements. Cultural events are in Apartheid
Israel are being boycotted. Many
musicians are boycotting Apartheid Israel. [1]
“The international campaign to boycott Ahava
beauty products has recently won the support of a Dutch parliamentarian and an
Israeli peace group. During the past few months, activists in Canada, the UK, Ireland, Israel,
the United States and the Netherlands have campaigned against the sale of Ahava
products because of the company’s complicity in the Israeli occupation.”[2]
With the growing BDS movement
that will increase month by month, Apartheid Israel will not be able to sustain
its apartheid practices. Therefore, negotiations
with Apartheid Israel are not necessary.
Israel will self-destruct.
There are other
indications that Apartheid Israel will self-destruct. The Apartheid Israeli has passed laws that
allow Jewish communities to decide who they want to exclude from their
community an obvious way to segregate Palestinians from Jews. Public buses that transport ultra-Orthodox
Jews make women sit in the back of the bus.
Apartheid Israel has passed laws that require loyalty oath to the “Jewish
and democratic” state pitting the left and right political parties against each
other. [3]
Therefore, when Hamas calls upon the Palestinian
Authority to boycott negotiations with Apartheid Israel, there are many reasons
why this advice should be accepted.
Negotiating with Apartheid Israel is a waste of time. Let us let time bring Apartheid Israel to
abandon the occupation.
[1] IS
BDS Working? Giulio
Meotti August 31, 20111 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4115718,00.html
[2]
Boycott of Ahava Dead Sea products makes an impact Adri Nieuwhof The Electronic
Intifada
[3] Israel approves loyalty oath,
October 10, 2010 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2010/10/2010101013028364300.html
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